County presses for LNG detail

Wahkiakum County commissioners on Tuesday signed a letter to Bradwood Landing and NorthernStar Natural Gas pressing for details about aspects of the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas plant.

"Wahkiakum County is rarely and inadequately addressed in the current draft environment impact statement and emergency response plan," the commissioners said in their letter. "Our need to have the requested information is critical to properly fulfilling our responsibilities to Wahkiakum County, as we are in fact the closest impacted community to the proposed project."

In a December letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Commissioners George Trott, Dan Cothren and Blair Brady asked that Bradwood Landing provide funding for an independent assessment of risk and other factors.